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Study of #fossil katydids provides new insights into the evolution of the Mesozoic soundscape
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-fossil-katydids-insights-evolution-mesozoic.htmlHigh acoustic diversity and behavioral complexity of #katydids in the #Mesozoic #soundscape https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2210601119
"The newly found #TympanalEars in prophalangopsid katydids from the Middle #Jurassic represent the earliest-known #insect #ears, extending the age range of the modern-type auditory tympana by 100 million years to the #MiddleJurassic, some 160 million years ago"